A 43-year-old Warwickshire man has been killed in a horrific car crash.

Mark Peter Gallagher was driving along the Epperstone bypass, near Nottingham, when he was involved in a smash with another car at about 8.10pm on Friday.

A woman passenger in his car is seriously ill in hospital while three children, who were also in the car, were injured and are in stable conditions.

It is understood Mr Gallagher, the woman and the three children are all members of the same family.

A female passenger in the other car was also killed while the man driving the car is in a serious condition in hospital.

Nottinghamshire Police yesterday revealed Mr Gallagher, of Warwickshire, was the driver of the Nissan Qashqai involved in the incident with a Saab.

They declined to give a more specific address for Mr Gallagher.

The tragedy has led to calls to improve the stretch of road where the accident happened.

Coun Andy Stewart, a former MP, said that deaths had been “continuous” on the bypass since the 80s.

“I represented the area as an MP between 1983-92 and the road was notorious then,” the county councillor said.

“At that time we managed to get a 50mph limit along part of the road.

“Since then things haven’t improved. The deaths haven’t stopped. Whenever an accident happens investigation teams look at the circumstances and wherever there’s a possibility of improvements we do our best.

“A year ago we made a request to have the remainder of the road made 50mph and that has just come in.

“Then we have had these fatalities last week.

“If you see the stretch of road where the accident took place you just can’t imagine what has happened.

“This is a tragedy though. Whether it’s one, two or three fatal accidents it’s still an awful tragedy.”

Coun Stewart suggested that average speed cameras would now be considered on the road.